Landolt v. Flame, Inc.

This is an action for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff when he went, through a glass door in a hasty exit from a bar after a fistic altercation. The primary negligence alleged :is that the glass exit door would not open “out” with “exit travel” in violation of the county building code.

Plaintiff appeals from an order setting aside a jury verdict of $6,098.75 and granting defendants’ alternative motion for a new trial “on all grounds set forth in the motion.” ① Those grounds may be summarized as follows:

1. Error in submitting to the jury the issue of building alterations in violation of…